Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-09
OFFICIAL
Ofthe Board Of County Cc-amisglon
ers Of Custer County, =. T.

1sdAA H 1885,
Regular quarterly session Of the board
Of county commissioners.
Present $. ". Booth, chairman. J.
4. Street, Jos. Heumphreus, and county
clerk.
Official bond of Irving Donaldson,
justice Of the peace, Spring Greek pre-
cinct, examined and approved.
Laid before the board road petition OF
". s. Tubbs ct al, praying for the estab-
lishmsnt ofa county road as follows
Commencing near the west line Of Gus
ter City townsite. at the first crossing Of
French creek, on what is known a. the
Haserodt Ranch, running thence south
erly along the present road, through the
Newton 5. Tubbs ranch, passing the
Yerkes ranch, the Delos Tubbs ranch,
and Porter ranch to Beaver creek /;
thence following the valley down said
creek and connecting with the Custer
City and Point Of Rocks road at or near
the Davis ranch, being a distance Of
about seven miles. The following nam
Ell persons were appointed as viewers Of
said road: ID. ID. Tubbs, A. Yerkes, and
Reuben Bond. TO report on or before
April 18th next.
Laid before the board. road petition
of Ed Peterson ct al, praying for a county
road to be established as follows: Com
mencing at or near the $. T.. corner Of
section 50, township 3 south, range II
east, b. II. NJ. Thence running in a
northwesterly direction to the north
west corner of section % in the above
said township thence in a northeast
direction near the road now travelled, TO
the county line near Mr.. Mckabes, on
Spring creek, in township 2south, range
IL east. The following named persons
were appointed as viewers of said road
+. ID. Sweetman, Chas. Lock and John
Twining, to report at next regular meet
ing ofthe board.
Laid before the board petition Of J. s.
Buckingham ct al, praying for change
in the following road, known az the
Cheyenne River and Co. line road az fol-
lows: Commencing at a point on said
road 26 rods due south Of the northwest
corner Of the northeast quarter Of the
southwest quarter of section SO, town
ship 2 south, range s east. Thence south
to the southwest corner of the northeast
quarter Of the southwest quarter of said
section thence due east about 40 rods
or TO the creek; thence along the north
bank Of Battle creek about so rods
thence east 10 the east line of said sec
ton 80, intersecting with said Cheyenne
River and county line road. The follow
ing named persons were appointed as
viewers of said road n. S. Way, G. +.
Terwilliger and Timothy Miller. to re-
port at next regular meeting of board.
Laid before the board road petition Of
A. q, Baker and others asking for a
county road az follows: Commencing
at the house of A. q. Baker on his
ranch in said county, and running
thence in a southwesterly direction on
the most eligible route to where it
strikes the old Buffalo Gap road at
Mark Thomas ranch. The following
named persons were appointed as view
ers Of said road: A. ii. Smith, III. L.
Davis, and NJ. f. Thomas, to report as
soon as possible.
Laid before the board road petition Of
C.. Balk ct al, praying for the establish
ment Of a county road as follows Com
mencing at a point on the old Custer
road to the Hot Spings, n mile south
Of Walling's ranch, .e8. pHint Of Rocks.
and from thence pass Jsove Bingham's
ranch at Cold Springs, and from thence
TO run in a southeasterly direction about
four miles TO the intersection of a road
running between the Eighteen Mile
ranch and Buffalo Gap, d. r. The fol-
lowing named persons were appointed
az viewers of said road w. C. Fenwick.
q. +. Walling, and Sam Bunker.
Laid before the boad road petition of
M. F. Thomas and others, praying for
county road as follows: Commencing
at what is known as the Hart ranch on
the main road TO the Hot Springs, about
six miles in a southerly direction from
Custer City, and about five miles north
westerly from Point Of Rocks, running
thence through the ranch now owned
by Bowman Bros, and from thence in a
southerly course crossing Beaver creek
and intersecting the old Buffalo Gap
road at a point about five miles from
the place Of beginning as above describ-
ed. The following named persons were
appointed TO view said road and report
as soon as practicable: A. Ii. Smith, III.
Z. Davis, and NJ. +. Thomas.
The following bills were examined
and approved and warrants drawn on
county general fund
Bill OLA. Johnson, itemized and
allowed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 100 so
Bill Oft. V. Garlock, itemized
and allowed 45 10
Bill of J. A. Stanley, printing,
$500, reduced and allowed. 8 20